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  Depressed and about to lose it

  by AloneinOh in

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  once i left i became about as "worldly" as a person could get.

  world that once i left i went totally out of control.

  when i left, .

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  Welcome AloneinOH. I'd like to think you are not alone anymore, you are here.

  Many people here have been thru the samething. Hang onto your hat, it's going to be a bumpy ride of emotions. I think you will lose alot of the guilt you have been carrying around with you. I know I did. I was out for almost 30 years when I found this board, and still carried a strange guilt around. Not anymore. Please keep reading things from people who have been there and regroup before you proceed. That way you can see how others have faired with their choices on handling what they found out. Slower seems to cause the least amount of damage in the long run, especially if you want salvage any family ties.

  I was raised in the Cincinnati area.
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  Famous Atheist Now Believes in God

  by MegaDude in

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  http://abcnews.go.com/us/wirestory?id=315976

  article i read today..... .

  famous atheist now believes in god .

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  I could have told you that........It didn't take me 50 years to figure out either. Maybe I should become a Philosophy Professor
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  All Secret Santa Paricipants sign in here please!

  by Gadget in

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  the details of who to send a gift to will be getting pm'd to you all either friday afternoon or saturday morning!

  according to the information i've found online the last posting day for standard parcels is dec 11th for usa and december 15th for the uk/europe, so you should all have plenty of time to select and send a gift, although sending sooner rather than later is prefered.

  can everyone taking part post on this thread what things they like, what their interests are etc so that the person who is buying a gift for you has some idea what to get you.

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  I'm starting to get worried. I sent my present off to someone in Florida on the 22nd of Nov. It was only suppose to take a week to get there. I hope it didn't get lost.
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  Christmas tradition - for kids

  by Dawn in

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  i initiated a christmas tradition with my son when he was little and have continued it all these years - thought i'd share it with you in case you have little ones.. since my kids just can't wait to open their presents, i wrap one special gift for them to open x-mas eve.

  it's always the same thing - brand new pajamas and a cuddly toy for bed time.

  my kids absolutely loved this christmas eve tradition.

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  Been there

  I have been out along time so have celebrated many Christmases. My kids never knew what it was like to not have Christmas.

  What I did with my kids and now my grandkids is each year they get an ornament attached to a present. It has the date and I sign it. I try and make it something pertaining to what was special for them that year. The kids ornaments went on my tree until they grew up and moved out. When they put their first tree up they have a good start of ornaments that mean something to them and they will always have something from me, or MawMaw & PawPaw in the grandkids case.
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  Church Recommendations?

  by sandy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i never thought i would be looking for a new church but i am.

  does anyone have any recommendations?.

  i am looking into the unitarian church.

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  I started going to the Vineyard. I think they may have started in California so there may be one near you. Very upbeat, nondenominational, excepting. Age appropriate bible classes for kids. Very community & cherity oriented. I found myself wanting go to church.
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  All Secret Santa Paricipants sign in here please!

  by Gadget in

  1. jw
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  the details of who to send a gift to will be getting pm'd to you all either friday afternoon or saturday morning!

  according to the information i've found online the last posting day for standard parcels is dec 11th for usa and december 15th for the uk/europe, so you should all have plenty of time to select and send a gift, although sending sooner rather than later is prefered.

  can everyone taking part post on this thread what things they like, what their interests are etc so that the person who is buying a gift for you has some idea what to get you.

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  Been there

  I got my present today.

  Kat2u was my Secret Santa. It only took 3 days to get here. I got a beautiful card, a snowman ornament for my yet to go up tree. I got some homemade Bisscotti (never tried it before) and some gourmet coffee to have with it. I got a great rock (lava) from Mt. St. Helens, believe it or not that is very exciting to me. I was sad when Mt. Hood was the only mountain I got to see while visiting my son in Yakima, WA a couple years ago. I wasn't on the right side of the plane to even see Mt. St. Helens from the air.

  I also got a shiny green wrapped present that I may not open till Christmas, or at least until I can't stand the suspence any longer. I can wait....I can wait....I can wait..........

  Thank you so much Kat I love it all so far. My hubby thought I was goofy cause I was so excited when he said Merry Christmas HO-HO-HO you have a package.

  Thanks again to Gadget for all his hard work in getting this together again this year.or maybe by now you need something alittle harder
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  Dec KM

  by mann377 in

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  the last time i posted this the doc.

  was to small, so i enlarged it.

  see if this can be read.

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  I could read it fine. Thanks.
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  w0000000000t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by doodle-v in

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  i didn?t want to post anything about this until i knew for sure (you know, don?t count your chickens before they hatch and all that.).

  and i?m not one to toot my own horn.

  so now that i know for sure now i?m just really excited and i wanted to share it with you all.

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  Congrats Doodle,

  Great Job
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  All Secret Santa Paricipants sign in here please!

  by Gadget in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the details of who to send a gift to will be getting pm'd to you all either friday afternoon or saturday morning!

  according to the information i've found online the last posting day for standard parcels is dec 11th for usa and december 15th for the uk/europe, so you should all have plenty of time to select and send a gift, although sending sooner rather than later is prefered.

  can everyone taking part post on this thread what things they like, what their interests are etc so that the person who is buying a gift for you has some idea what to get you.

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  Been there

  Just wanted to let my secret santa getter know (and I'm not telling who)

  that I sent your present off today. It should be there in a week, so be watching for it. He He He, Ho Ho Ho.
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  IM THE 3RD TOUGHEST FIGHTER IN IRELAND!!

  by josephus in

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  just a note to let you know that i fought in my first no holds barred fighting comp.. im the third best guy at 95 kilos for you yanks approx 190.00 pounds +.

  i came third and am a big scary monster now!.

  good thing i gave up jws i guess.. see you.

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  Congratulations!

  Working on 2nd now or are you going to go straight to 1st?

  Good Luck.